Knitting method



June 5, 1956 H. SORNIN DE LEYSAT 2,7

KNITTING METHOD Filed Aug. 19, 1950 F182 3 5 Fi I l vs/v T i United States Patent KNITTING METHOD Henri Somin de Leysat, Dieppe (Seine Inferieure), France Application August 19, 1950, Serial No. 180,410

Claims priority, application France March 25, 1950 1 Claim. (Cl. 66-1) My invention has for its object a knitting method adapted to produce inter alia ladderproof knitted ware that is undeformable in the horizontal direction while providing the possibility of obtaining various patterns through the use of Wool, cotton, natural silk, rayon and the like material used for knitting in various colors.

My invention has for its object a knitting method according to which there is introduced, inside the meshes during the execution of the knitted fabric, a thread that is parallel to the needle.

To obtain a knitted ware as a substitute for crewel work, it is possible once the knitted ware is finished, to make the meshes slide over the threads laid parallel to the needle so as to make the knitted ware tighter.

The needles to be used for the execution of my improved knitting method include a member for guiding at least one thread through the meshes of the knitted ware. Such needles may be constituted by a tube one end of which may form a pointed or an expanded tip while the other end of the needle is pointed and provided, slightly ahead of said pointed end, with a perforation that allows the thread to pass inside the tube and to be fed 01f the needle. In a modification, the needle may be solid and include near its pointed end or ends a perforation for the passage of the thread. The solid needle may also be provided with a groove arranged longitudinally of the needle for holding the thread. The needles may also, if preferred, be provided with a collar or any similar means for guiding the thread.

I will now describe my invention with reference to preferred embodiments illustrated in accompanying drawings. In said drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates the knitted ware as it is being made.

Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 illustrate various types of needles for executing the method according to the invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view through line V'I-V=I of Fig. 5.

The knitting method according to my invention is characterized by the introduction, inside the conventional meshes 1, of at least one thread 2 that is parallel to the needle. The nature and the color of said thread may be the same as those of the thread forming the body of the knitted Ware, or else said nature and/or color may be different.

The introduction of the thread 2 is performed through the agency of at least one needle including means for guiding the thread 2 inside the meshes 1. Said meshes are formed in the same manner as ordinary knitting stitches.

The needle illustrated in Fig. 2 may be constituted by a tube 3 one end of which or both are pointed, as shown at 4. A little to the rear of the pointed tip 4, the tube 3 is provided with a port 5 which allows the thread 2 to pass inside the tubular shaft of the needle and to be fed off the latter through its opposite end. The pointed tip 4 may be constituted by an inserted element as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, if required; said pointed tip may be provided also if required with the port 5.

The needle may also be solid as illustrated in Fig. 3 and show a mere perforation 6 through which the thread 2 passes, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The material used for executing the needle may be rigid, in which case wood, plastic material or metal may be used, or else it may be semi rigid and made e. g. of semi-yielding plastic material or rubber. The needle may also be provided with a groove for carrying the thread longitudinally of the needle body. Said perforation 6 may be provided in the pointed end of the needle, whether said end is rigid with the needle body or fitted thereon.

The needle (-Fig. 4) may also be solid and include near its pointed tip a hook 7 or the like guiding means. It may or may not be provided with a groove for housing the thread longitudinally of the needle body.

'In the embodiment of Figs. 5 and 6, the needle is provided with a longitudinal groove 8 that is bridged over at 9 near the pointed tip so that said bridge element may form a sort of hook for the thread engaging the groove.

It is possible to use a single needle according to the invention associated with an ordinary needle in order to obtain on one hand an ordinary row of meshes and, on the other hand, a row of meshes inside which the supplementary thread is introduced.

The thread parallel with the needle may be a thread the nature of which is difierent from that of the knitted thread and that may be for instance elastic. Each needle is provided with its own thread and the knitted ware may include a thread adapted to form the meshes wherein the horizontal threads are inserted automatically.

If desired, it is possible, once the knitted fabric is complete, to make the meshes slide over the supplementary horizontal threads, which has for its result a tightening of the fabric that assumes then the appearance of crewel work.

My invention is applicable as well to industrial, mechanical and the like knitting methods.

Obviously, my invention is by no means limited to the embodiments described and it is possible to modify the shape of the needle used, the hooking means 7 thereon and the like, without unduly widening the scope of the invention as defined in accompanying claim.

Reference is made to applicants copending application Serial No. 277,099 entitled Knitting Needle and filed March 18, 1952.

What I claim is:

In a knitting process, the steps of forming a row of loops about a knitting needle having a weft thread extending along the length of the needle and being looped back along the length of the needle so that the row of loops is formed about a double portion of the weft thread; and holding the weft thread in said row of loops while removing the needle from the row of loops so as to leave a looped end of the weft thread located beyond the row of loops.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,067,197 Maiden Jan. 12, 1937 2,249,081 Hughes July 15, 1941 2,313,305 Wahle Mar. 9, 1943 2,399,264 Semonson Apr. 30, 1946 2,538,635 Wahle Jan. 16, 1951 2,539,479 Robertson Ian. 30, 1951 

